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About Us
Breaking the silence around menopause in Nigeria
The Menopause Support Initiative (MSI) is Nigeria's leading menopause awareness organisation. Founded by Pharmacist Mosunmola Dosunmu, we provide education, community, and support for every woman navigating this natural phase of life.
Our Mission
To educate, support, and empower Nigerian women through every stage of menopause with evidence-based information and community care.
Pharm. Mosunmola Dosunmu
Founder & Convener, MSI
The Founder
Pharmacist Mosunmola Dosunmu
A registered pharmacist with a deep passion for women's health, Mosunmola Dosunmu founded the Menopause Support Initiative after witnessing how many Nigerian women suffered through menopause in silence — without information, support, or understanding from their communities.
Through MSI, she has built Nigeria's largest menopause community (MenoClub, from two members to over 8,000 women), authored "Menopause Unfiltered," hosts "Menopause Unveiled" on 92.3FM, and organises the annual iWalk4Menopause — a 10km awareness walk now held across five states.
Her vision is simple but powerful: no Nigerian woman should navigate menopause alone. With education, community, and professional support, every woman can own her strength through this natural transition.
Our Vision
As the leading voice in menopause awareness, we envision a future where no woman faces menopause unprepared or alone. Through our growing community we are turning whispered conversations into open dialogue, confusion into clarity, and isolation into connection for millions.
Our Mission
To break the silence around menopause by providing essential education, creating supportive communities, and advocating for systemic change that ensures every woman has the knowledge, resources and support she needs to thrive during this life transition.
What we work on
Four aims, one movement
01
Education & awareness
Accurate, accessible menopause information that empowers women and educates communities about this natural transition.
02
Community building
Inclusive, supportive networks — MenoClub, Step & Share, the walks — where women connect, share and find peer support.
03
Systemic change
Policy reform in healthcare, workplaces and insurance that prioritises women's health and wellbeing during menopause.
04
Breaking stigma
Public campaigns, media and safe spaces that normalise menopause and replace myths with evidence.
Why this matters
A hidden health crisis for a silent majority
Menopause is not just a women's issue — it is a workplace issue, a family issue, a national wellbeing issue. The ripple effects are lost productivity, marital strain, poor mental health and financial instability. The time to act is now, and we are leading the charge.
25M+
Nigerian women are currently in menopause
75%
of them are unaware or unprepared
1 in 10
receive proper medical or emotional support
<5%
of health policies mention menopause at all
Our Journey
Four years of impact
2022
MSI is born
After a talk in Ijebu Ode, a doctor tells Pharmacist Mosunmola Dosunmu: "Madam, you should start a walk for menopause." MenoClub starts with two members.
2023
First iWalk4Menopause
Lagos walks 10km on World Menopause Day. "Menopause Unveiled" goes on air, Nigeria's first menopause-dedicated radio show.
2024
Menopause Unfiltered
MSI publishes its first book — real people, real stories. MenoClub passes 5,000 women on WhatsApp.
2025
Five states, one message
iWalk4Menopause reaches Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ogun and Oyo. Beacon Health screening partnership and the Step & Share club launch.
2026
8,000+ strong
MenoClub grows past 8,000 women, 100,000+ reached, MenoVoice careline launches and the walk heads to Edo State.
Leadership
Board of Trustees
Mosunmola Dosunmu
Founder & Convener
Executive pharmacist, menopause expert and advocate who started MSI to break the silence around menopause in Nigeria.
Rufai Ladipo
Chairman
Senior brand communications and marketing professional; MD, Agile Communications. Provides strategic direction and governance.
Bunmi Laja
Pharmacist
Pharmacist, drug addiction and prevention expert, and management consultant guiding MSI's health education.
Olalekan Obawole
Strategy Director
Management systems consultant and auditor driving MSI's strategic planning, partnerships and growth.
The Team
The people behind the movement
Volunteers, pharmacists and organisers who run MenoClub, the walks, the screenings and the radio show.
Atinuke Osilaja
Funmi Ayoola
Pharm. Jonah Omonajona
Kikelomo Adebayo
Precious Chinenye Oti
Adediran Abiodun
Jide Kolapo
Modadeola Igbokwe
In pictures
Four years on the road
Lagos 2024 and 2025, Abuja 2025, Edo 2026 — and every screening tent, seminar and radio show in between.
Watch the movement
Community
Stories from our MenoClub
8,000+ women sharing, supporting, and breaking the silence together.
I entered menopause at 49 without knowing. I thought I was just sick — treating malaria, taking drugs, but nothing worked. My legs ached, my body felt strange, the heat was unbearable. By 50 everything got worse: hospital after hospital, CT scans, x-rays, no answers. Nobody mentioned menopause. In 2021 a pharmacist friend introduced me to MenoClub. That's where I met Pharm Mosun. Everything changed — I got answers, clarity and peace of mind. Today I'm living fully. Menopause isn't a disease. It's a phase. MenoClub gave me knowledge, hope and strength.
Alaba Akintilebo
MenoClub member
My menopause journey began in 2016 with unusual abdominal pain. In 2020 I took charge of my health — joined a gym, started walking daily and dropped from 115kg to 89kg. By 2021 I felt faint and breathless; tests were normal, but a doctor's simple questionnaire revealed the truth: I was postmenopausal. Joining the support group, especially hearing Pharma Mosun's insights, helped me understand that intense workouts and low oestrogen were draining me. With the right supplements and lifestyle shifts I began to feel better. Menopause isn't an illness — it's a natural phase.
Bola
MenoClub member
My period stopped at 51 and by 52 I was postmenopausal. At 58 menopause hit hard. Travelling for business I collapsed one night and was hospitalised with high blood pressure. For nearly two years I dealt with unexplained symptoms — anxiety, depression, palpitations — and my family spent millions. My turning point came when my cousin introduced me to Pharm Mosun and the Meno Club. She recognised the symptoms immediately and helped with supplements, therapy and lifestyle changes. After more than two years I finally found balance.
Funmi Madet
Businesswoman
At 38 my periods became irregular and disappeared completely by 40. I lived in denial — I wasn't old, right? Three years later I joined the MenoClub platform through my friend, pharmacist Mosun. Exactly a year later menopause hit me full force — headaches, bloating, hot flashes, low libido. I remembered everything I'd learned, opened up to my husband, and he was understanding and supportive. Menopause has been a journey of self-discovery. Arm yourself with the right knowledge.
Grace Onuobia
Wife, mum of three, businesswoman
Our Supporters
Backed by leading organisations
MTN Nigeria
Flour Mills of Nigeria
Beacon Health Diagnostics
Agile Communications
Reals Pharmaceuticals
Nature's Field
Drug Stock
Rite Foods
Pocari Sweat
Swipha
Salonpas
Leadway Health
Vitabiotics
Carloha
DrEasy Healthcare
Otsuka
Odu'a Investment
Newheight Pharma